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 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
 How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God read more 
 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
 How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of 
Jacob;
  Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up 
into my bed;
   I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
    Until I find a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty 
God of Jacob. 
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished read more
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all
 Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing,
 And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,
  May read more 
 Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing,
 And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,
  May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling,
   Silent as though they watched the sleeping Earth! 
 Sleep is a death, O make me try,
 By sleeping, what it is to die:
  And as read more 
 Sleep is a death, O make me try,
 By sleeping, what it is to die:
  And as gently lay my head
   On my grave, as now my bed. 
 Still believe that ever round you
 Spirits float who watch and wait;
  Nor forget the twain who read more 
 Still believe that ever round you
 Spirits float who watch and wait;
  Nor forget the twain who found you
   Sleeping nigh the Golden Gate. 
I wasn’t really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.
I wasn’t really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that read more
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.